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PROOF definition: 1. a fact or piece of information that shows that something exists or is true: 2. a printed copy…. Learn more.
: the process or an instance of establishing the validity of a statement especially by derivation from other statements in accordance with principles of reasoning. 2. obsolete : experience. 3. : something that induces certainty or establishes validity. 4. archaic : the quality or state of having been tested or tried.
noun. evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth. Synonyms: support, corroboration, demonstration, confirmation. anything serving as such evidence: What proof do you have? the act of testing or making trial of anything; test; trial: to put a thing to the proof. Synonyms: assay, examination.
noun. 1. any evidence that establishes or helps to establish the truth, validity, quality, etc, of something. 2. law. the whole body of evidence upon which the verdict of a court is based. 3. mathematics, logic.
Proof is the evidence that shows something is true or valid. When you show the logical steps that take you from your hypothesis that the world is round to the conclusion that it is, you're formulating a proof.
1. The evidence or argument that compels the mind to accept an assertion as true. 2. a. The validation of a proposition by application of specified rules, as of induction or deduction, to assumptions, axioms, and sequentially derived conclusions. b. A statement or argument used in such a validation. 3. a.
Definition of proof noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
English. proof. Word family (noun) proof (adjective) proven ≠ unproven (verb) prove ≠ disprove.
a fact or a piece of information that shows something exists or is true: She showed us her passport as proof of her identity. [ + (that) ] My landlord has asked for proof that I'm employed. Fewer examples. There was no absolute proof of fraud. In the absence of any proof, it is impossible to accuse her.
proof /pruːf/ n. any evidence that establishes or helps to establish the truth, validity, quality, etc, of something. the whole body of evidence upon which the verdict of a court is based. a sequence of steps or statements that establishes the truth of a proposition.
